Reported incidents in the Red Sea

and Gulf of Aden,

25 November 2023 - 1 January 2024

Seizure

Boarding

Physical damage

Suspicious approach

Sighting of suspicious vessel, drone or explosion

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea

Salif port

Eritrea

Yemen

Ethiopia

Gulf of Aden

Djibouti

200 km

200 miles

1. 19 Nov 2023 Houthi rebels boarded the Galaxy Leader from a helicopter, seizing the ship and escorting it to Salif port

2. 23 Dec 2023 Sai Baba tanker reported being hit by a one-way attack drone

3. 31 Dec 2023 Container ship Maersk Hangzhou fired upon by small boats. A day earlier it was struck by a missile

Reported incidents in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, 25 November 2023 - 1 January 2024

Seizure

Boarding

Physical damage

Suspicious approach

Sighting of suspicious vessel, drone or explosion

Saudi Arabia

Red Sea

Yemen

23 Dec 2023

Sai Baba tanker reported being hit by a one-way attack drone

Eritrea

Salif port

19 Nov 2023

Houthi rebels boarded the Galaxy Leader from a helicopter, seizing the ship and escorting it to Salif port

31 Dec 2023

Container ship Maersk Hangzhou fired upon by small boats. A day earlier it was struck by a missile

Ethiopia

Gulf of Aden

Djibouti

200 km

200 miles